Or is it Happy Christmas?? Either way, holidays are approached a bit differently in Japan. I asked the kids in my English classes if they did anything for Halloween and the reply was, consistently, that nobody does anything on Halloween.
What the...........??
It seems a bit at odds considering the bombardment of Halloween themed items at nearly every store I went to. You could almost get Halloween themed anything if you happened upon the right store. I even found some Halloween beer, although I didn't buy any. Perhaps it's made with pumpkin and it's orange. Or perhaps it comes with a free broom. Or maybe it was brewed in a cauldron with old ladies defiling your drink with omens. Oh even, perhaps, it contains essence of bat. Mmmm............. or maybe it's just a label.
But come the actual Halloween date, nothing happens. It's like a giant anti-climatic ending to the festival that is store decorations. Nobody dressed up, nobody trick or treats, and nobody hands out candy.
What does happen though is about a week before Halloween, the Christmas decorations go up inside some stores BESIDE the Halloween stalls. No really, I went to Joyful Honda last week and there it was, a Halloween area right next to the Christmas area.
You could, conceivably, combine purchases to deck you halls with boughs of skeletons if you so wished. Or give Rudolph a wart-infested witch's nose. Celebrating two holidays with one shopping trip?? That's like baking two cakes with one oven (which, Daniel so deftly pointed out, wouldn't work =P). Or like killing two stones with one bird......... or....... wait......... yeah =).........
I think I'll go back next week and see if the Halloween decorations are still up. I really wouldn't know what to think if I saw pumpkins and haunted houses all the way til mid-November but hey, anything can happen right?? haha...........
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What? What's wrong with baking 2 cakes in one oven? =p
Yeah, what is Halloween if the kids have no excuse to play dress up and be awarded free sugar~!!!
the japanese ppl staying at mariko's place hav no idea what happens with haloween. Totally mystified. They don't even know who borat is.
they dont have halloween there!!? well what do they have in place of it? (i still go trick or treating)
Geoffrey
you know what's funny, it seems that everybody i talk to outside vancouver never play with fireworks on Halloween. I have friends from back east, and they all say they only dress up and party, none of this lighting off fireworks and trying to blow yourself up.
Noelle- Daniel just says it wouldn't work out properly haha.... you can ask him =P.... maybe the other cake sucks in all the heat haha.....
As for Halloween, it's not that they don't have Halloween. They sell tons of Halloween stuff, just nobody does anything on the actual day.
And not blowing yourself up sounds like a pretty good deal haha...
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